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Minnesota Republican Party Forgot to File Paperwork to get Trump on the Ballot
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Gordon Shumway
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It'd be fucking hilarious if the candidate of the Party of Disenfranchisement On Technicalities got excluded from the ballot on a technicality. Sorry about your bad
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You kidding? Would be absolutely amazing.
Hilary will win Minnesota anyway, so the state's Democrats shouldn't touch it.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Says who?
Clearly a clever ploy by Trump, you can't lose a state if your not on the ballet.
When elections are over he can boast it wasn't a clean 50 state sweep against him.
Red state's article has a ton of hilarious tweets from someone who dug into this.
When elections are over he can boast it wasn't a clean 50 state sweep against him.
http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2016/08/25/breaking.-donald-trump-ballot-minnesota/
Below is the process. No concerns with @MNSteveSimon, just curious why #MNGOP hasn't completed task yet ->
Red state's article has a ton of hilarious tweets from someone who dug into this.
LegendofLex
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People complain about the political system being rigged, but more and more it just seems like there are just certain groups that are way more organized than others.
This includes being organized with $, though, and thanks to Citizens United I guess there will be some people who have an easier time organizing $.
This includes being organized with $, though, and thanks to Citizens United I guess there will be some people who have an easier time organizing $.
Neuromancer
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This is what happens when you have a 12 year old boy running your ground game.
BassForever
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Like its hilarious if this plays out
On the other hand the last thing Trump and his supporters need is more "evidence" the system is "rigged" against him
On the other hand the last thing Trump and his supporters need is more "evidence" the system is "rigged" against him
TheOctodad
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I'm sure this will upset the few dozen Minnesotans voting for Trump.
Empyrean Heaven
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This is potentially huge as Minnesota is a reasonably big battleground state (though it usually goes blue). You better believe that state Democrats will be fighting tooth and nail to keep Trump off the ballot.
It's not the absolute end of the world as Trump can apply as a write-in candidate, but if people don't know they can do that (you'd be surprised) it hurts his chances.
It's not the absolute end of the world as Trump can apply as a write-in candidate, but if people don't know they can do that (you'd be surprised) it hurts his chances.
The Albatross
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Few things:
1) Sounds like he'll be on the ballot as long as they get it all in within the next few days, which I'm sure the Minnesota GOP will, even without some official party process in place
2) They're still idiots
3) This is emblematic of the disorganization of the Republican party this election, but if this were your candidate, e.g., if Bernie won the primary but Minnesota was strongly Clinton, and Bernie's name somehow didn't appear on the November ballot, then you'd like think somebody in the Clinton camp or the GOP was trying to sabotage your candidate. So, as much glee as you may enjoy with this, it's probably best if we just hope everything gets squared away rather than leading to election day shaninigans and people claiming a rigged election.
1) Sounds like he'll be on the ballot as long as they get it all in within the next few days, which I'm sure the Minnesota GOP will, even without some official party process in place
2) They're still idiots
3) This is emblematic of the disorganization of the Republican party this election, but if this were your candidate, e.g., if Bernie won the primary but Minnesota was strongly Clinton, and Bernie's name somehow didn't appear on the November ballot, then you'd like think somebody in the Clinton camp or the GOP was trying to sabotage your candidate. So, as much glee as you may enjoy with this, it's probably best if we just hope everything gets squared away rather than leading to election day shaninigans and people claiming a rigged election.
infinitys_7th
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Why is democracy slighted if he is not on the ballot?
Democracy set up the process of getting on the ballot, which someone who plans to lead the largest bureaucracy in the world just be able to handle and delegate. If a major candidate can't handle that, maybe they don't deserve to be on the ballot.
If he doesn't get on, that is his fault. People can still write-in Trump.
yanipheonu
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I would not be surprised if something like this happened.
Not Spaceghost
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I love that the ad at the bottom of the page is trump and a big ass AMERICA PRIDE behind him.
This election is really going to be one for the history books.
This election is really going to be one for the history books.
The total amount of votes he would get out of MN would have been over a million most likely which can easily hurt his popular vote total nationally a lot if he was unlucky if he was not on the ballot in that state.
MHWilliams
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I'm leaning on this idea, but Trump will end up on the ballot.
BlueTsunami
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As funny as this is, id rather it all go smooth and Trump to lose on level ground so we don't get 30 years of IT WAS FIXED
FelixOrion
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Not all states allow / accept write-ins. I don't know about Minnesota.
Judicial precedent is in favor of bending the rules to allow candidates even if it violates specific laws (as to number of days overdue, etc), because it's in the interest of democracy and citizens to have candidates on ballots.
Permanently A
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It's allowed in MN.
Rockin' Ranger
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In Minnesota voters can write in candidates, though to have the vote counted the write in candidate would have to register with the state by November 1st.
Darryl M R
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The media is bias!
They are stealing this election!
Pay attention!
How come no one is mentioning that J Cole went platinum without features!?
The media is bias!
They are stealing this election!
Pay attention!
How come no one is mentioning that J Cole went platinum without features!?
Gnome Scat
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Hilarious.
I look forward to Minnesota's write-in winner, Dolan Drumpf.
Unrelated, is there anything I can type in a gaf post to stop getting pro Donald trump ads on gaf? Something that the ad analytics will pick up on? Like, fuck Donald trump I hope all his hair falls out (most of it already has) or I hope Donald trump goes bankrupt for a tenth time?
ryutaro's mama
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I love this post for all the reasons someone might suspect I would.
TAJ
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On a related note I'm now getting white supremacist and rabidly pro-gun videos in my Youtube recommendations because of GAF.
This is very amusing, but he seriously needs to be on the ballot. I don't want there to be any asterisks next to Trump's defeat. There shouldn't be any gray areas, questions, or what-ifs about the outcome of this election. There needs to be clear, overwhelming proof that the entire nation* had a choice between Clinton and Trump and that the majority didn't choose Trump.
*okay, technically, just all of the eligible voters of the nation.
*okay, technically, just all of the eligible voters of the nation.
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